I had an interior designer visit my home one day because I was tired of guessing what color I should put on my walls. I had painted my rooms before, some of them 2-3 times and my husband started to joke that we were losing square footage from all the painting.

When the interior designer arrived, I explained all the updates we were planning on making and that I wanted to get the wall color out of the way since we were going to putting in dark hardwood floors and white baseboards. I wanted a chic look and one that I could live with for a long time.

She nodded her head, reached into her work bag and pulled out a color wheel. She quickly turned to the grays and said, “You need to paint the walls a true gray. This will allow you to work with other colors in the home for accent and then, when you feel the need to change things up, just change the accessories.” GENIUS!!

The color she suggested was SW7641 Collanade Gray by Sherwin Williams. It’s gorgeous!